Blipp Developer
Location: US, NY, new york
Department: Creative Services
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Associate
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Internet
Function: Production

Company profile:
As augmented reality jobs go, one at Blippar is hard to beat. We are a rapidly expanding creative startup at the forefront of a brand new industry, so working here offers real opportunities to shape an innovative technology and the way in which people use it.Because of this, we like working with imaginative people who think outside the box, and we love people who throw the whole box away and build something completely new. Our bright, open, centrally located offices are energetic environments bursting with collaborative ideas and boundless enthusiasm.Aside from being part of an exciting, driven, super-friendly team that will nurture your talents and help you grow, at Blippar you’ll find plenty more tangible benefits, including weekly free lunches, evening drinks, and Olive, the office dog.You’ll also be working intimately, from the start, with some of the world’s biggest brands - from Coca Cola and Nestle to Conde Nast, P&amp;G and Jaguar.As a young, growing company spearheading the exciting augmented reality industry, the biggest perk of all is the creative control you’ll be afforded, whether you’re part of the design, tech, commercial or marketing teams. After all, we think our people are amazing, so we want them to stick around.

Job description:
We’re looking for phenomenal blipp developers to help us build a wide range of awesome augmented reality experiences for our industry-leading brands, agencies and publishers from inside our London office.You’ll be working alongside our small, dynamic, bespoke blipp development team to ensure our app delivers high-quality and innovative customised experiences for all our super-hot clients, to then be seen by our six million users. We’re experiencing an exciting stage of growth here at Blippar, and as our app’s audience continues to expand across the world we need passionate, innovative, dedicated production artists/3d modelers/coders who are hungry to push the boundaries of augmented reality advertising.This role is thrilling and varied; your primary task will be to build and develop unique, bespoke campaigns for our big name custom blipp clients, who include Pepsi, Coca Cola, Nestle, Warner Brothers, Jaguar and Conde Nast.At Blippar we have our own programming language and frameworks, enabling you to easily develop a range of functionality into apps on each operating system.With a number of international offices, a superb client base and millions of app users, this role offers huge opportunities for growth and career advancement. You will have the chance to work across all our outstanding teams at the cutting-edge of augmented reality and wearable technology.

Requirements:
We need bright and engaging individuals who get as excited as we do about the potential Blippar has to genuinely change the world. This role is perfect for a recent graduate with a couple of years of commercial exposure, who is now wishing for further challenges and the chance to take a real step forward. You will be passionate about mobile and the opportunities it offers, excited and imaginative about where you see augmented reality, image-recognition and wearables heading, and confident working with a range of technologies.To build blipps you will need to be skilled in hands-on coding, 3D-modelling and scripting. We have high expectations and you will certainly be challenged; blipps are built quickly, using clean and effective code.Ideally you will have:An understanding of augmented reality (Modeling, Coding and Crative Process)Web-development skills (HTML, HTML5, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, etc)Exposure to mobile and gaming projectsTwo years of commercial experience (ideally agency-side)Portfolio of work, including mobile/reactive design and build projectsA passion for new challenges

Benefits:
Our bright, open, centrally located offices are energetic environments bursting with collaborative ideas and boundless enthusiasm. As a growing company spearheading the exciting augmented reality industry, the biggest perk of all is the creative freedom and control you’ll be afforded; this is a genuine opportunity to shape a brand new medium and the way in which people all over the world use it.You will be working closely, and from the start, with some of the world’s leading brands, media agencies, publishers and educators - including Pepsi, Warner Brothers, Procter &amp; Gamble, Conde Nast, Disney and Coca Cola - developing creative augmented reality solutions for global powerhouses across the full spectrum of industries. What we are doing has never been done before, so an active imagination is something we value particularly highly.Blippar’s senior management team are dedicated, hands-on, approachable people who will nurture your talent and encourage the development of your own ideas; we believe these are key to the continued success story of our platform.Being part of Blippar’s close-knit, passionate, forward-thinking team affords plenty of potential for learning about and getting involved in all sections of the business. As a creative tech company offering spectacular marketing solutions to clients, there are few areas we don’t touch upon. Life at Blippar is a steep learning curve, ideal for ambitious candidates who wish to push themselves into completely uncharted territories.We also offer:Competitive packagesGreat benefits and shares schemeEmployee incentive schemeFlexible working environmentWeekly beers and free lunchesOur office dog (London)International travel opportunitiesChance to develop groundbreaking techWork with state-of-the-art hardware and softwareAccess to new wearables including Google GlassA challenge to change the worldChance to shape a new industryCreative freedom and controlExperience with all mobile operating systemsCollaborative opportunities with huge brandsPlease apply now for more information about this role, or check our careers page for details of other opportunities to work with us.